The history of King Richard the Second : acted at the Theatre Royal, under the name of the Sicilian usurper : with a prefatory epistle in vindication of the author occasion'd by the prohibition of this play on the stage

by: Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King Richard II; Tonson, Richard, bookseller; Tonson, Jacob, 1656?-1736, bookseller; Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner. MB

Publication date: 1681

Publisher: London : Printed for Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson, at Gray's-Inn gate, and at the Judges-Head in Chancery-Lane near Fleet-Street

Collection: bplsctpbs; bplsceep; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Associates of the Boston Public Library

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Page 55 wrongly numbered 51

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection

Carl H. Pforzheimer Library

English short title catalogue

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy quarterbound in red morocco and papier torniquet. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. This item is the first of three bound together in a volume titled "Richard III" [sic]. This volume contains [1]: The history of King Richard the Second acted at the Theatre Royal, under the name of the Sicilian usurper (1681) -- [2]: The Sicilian usurper a tragedy (1691) -- [3]: The first act of Shakespeare's King Richard II

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy: pages 27-30 wanting